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birth charts with Apollon in LeoYou will find on these pages astrological charts of thousands of celebrities with Apollon in Leo. Just click on the celebrities of your choice to get their interactive natal chart, planetary dominants and excerpts of astrological portrait. in ![]()
Biography of Hattie Caraway (excerpt)
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, born February 1, 1878, and died December 21, 1950, was an American politician who served as U.S.Senator from Arkansas from 1931 to 1945.She was a groundbreaking figure in American politics. Caraway was the first woman elected to the Senate, the first to serve a full term, and the first to be reelected.
Biography of Philipp Harth (excerpt)
Philipp Harth (born 9 July 1885 in Mainz – died 25 December 1968 in Bayrischzell) was a German sculptor best known for his animal figures in wood, stone, and bronze. Originally trained as a lithographer and sculptor, he lived in Munich, Paris, Berlin, and Rome, and taught at the progressive Odenwald School.
Biography of Virginia E. Jenckes (excerpt)
Virginia Jenckes (née Ellis; November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975) was an American politician from Terre Haute, Indiana, and the first woman from the state elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Serving three terms from 1933 to 1939, she became known for her outspoken independence, her advocacy for women’s rights, flood control, and the repeal of Prohibition.
Biography of Maurice Asselin (excerpt)
Maurice Asselin, born 24 June 1882 in Orléans and died 27 September 1947 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, was a French painter and printmaker affiliated with the School of Paris. He is best known for his still lifes, nudes, and especially for tender depictions of motherhood.
Biography of Léon Jongen (excerpt)
Léon Jongen (born 2 March 1884 in Liège – died 18 November 1969 in Brussels) was a Belgian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He was the brother of composer Joseph Jongen and won the Belgian Prix de Rome in 1913. He succeeded his brother as organist of Saint-Jacques Church in Liège.
Biography of Rudolf Dittler (excerpt)
Rudolf Dittler (November 2, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was a German physiologist and university professor.He studied medicine in Freiburg, Munich, Berlin, and Leipzig, earning his doctorate in 1907 and his habilitation in 1909, becoming associate professor in 1915. During World War I, he served as chief physician and commander of a medical company, receiving both classes of the Iron Cross.
Biography of Willem Keesom (excerpt)
Willem Hendrik Keesom (June 21, 1876 – March 3, 1956) was a Dutch physicist born on Texel.A student of Nobel Prize laureate Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, he devoted his work to the study of helium and molecular interactions. In 1921, he developed the first mathematical description of dipole–dipole interactions, later known as Keesom interactions.
Biography of Gerard Walschap (excerpt)
Jacob Lodewijk Gerard, Baron Walschap (born 9 July 1898 in Londerzeel-St. Jozef – died 25 October 1989 in Antwerp) was a Belgian writer. Initially educated in Catholic schools, he left priesthood training and became a journalist. He married in 1925 and had five children, including Hugo, who became an ambassador for the King of Belgium.
Biography of Adriano Gozzini (excerpt)
Adriano Gozzini, born on April 13, 1917, in Florence and deceased on September 24, 1994, in Pisa, was an Italian physicist renowned for his work in experimental physics. He graduated in 1940 from the University of Pisa, training at the Scuola Normale Superiore under Luigi Puccianti, and later established Pisa’s first microwave spectroscopy laboratory.
Biography of Ernst Bresslau (excerpt)
Ernst Ludwig Bresslau, born on 10 July 1877 in Berlin and died on 9 May 1935 in São Paulo, was a German zoologist. The son of historian Harry Bresslau, he grew up in Strasbourg from 1890, where he studied medicine and natural sciences at the university, earning his PhD in 1902.
Biography of Pedro Beltrán Espantoso (excerpt)
Pedro Gerardo María Beltrán Espantoso (17 February 1897 – 16 February 1979), was a Peruvian journalist, economist and politician. From 1959 to 1961, he was the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance under Manuel Prado Ugarteche. Beltrán was a longtime owner and publisher of La Prensa.
Biography of Elaine Shepard (excerpt)
Elaine Elizabeth Shepard, born April 2, 1913, and died September 6, 1998, was a Broadway and film actress during the 1930s and 1940s.She began her career as a model on the West Coast before moving into film, debuting in Darkest Africa (1936).
Biography of Muriel Dowding (excerpt)
Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding (22 March 1908 – 20 November 1993), was an English humanitarian and animal rights activist. A vegetarian, spiritualist, and theosophist like her second husband Lord Dowding, she campaigned fiercely against vivisection and for animal welfare. She coined the term “cruelty-free” and became a pioneer of the movement.
Biography of Frederick Loewe (excerpt)
Frederick Loewe, born Friedrich "Fritz" Löwe on June 10, 1901, in Berlin and died on February 14, 1988, in Palm Springs, was an American composer of German origin. With lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, he formed one of Broadway’s most celebrated partnerships, creating Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, Camelot, and the film musical Gigi, which won nine Academy Awards.
Biography of Mario Maratelli (excerpt)
Mario Maratelli, born on November 20, 1879, in Vercelli and died on April 20, 1955, in San Germano Vercellese, was an Italian agronomist. He is best remembered for discovering and selecting the rice variety that bears his name, which became a landmark in Italian rice cultivation.
Biography of Paul Chack (excerpt)
Louis Paul André Chack, born in Paris on February 12, 1876, and executed at Fort de Montrouge in Arcueil on January 9, 1945, was a French naval officer, writer, and collaborator. A brilliant sailor, he was repeatedly decorated for heroism and courage before and during World War I.
Biography of Jerry Siegel (excerpt)
Jerome "Jerry" Siegel, born October 17, 1914, and died January 28, 1996, was an American comic book writer.Alongside his friend Joe Shuster, he co-created Superman for DC Comics, a character who became one of the most iconic figures in popular culture.
Biography of Georgia Neese Clark Gray (excerpt)
Georgia Neese Clark Gray (January 27, 1898 – October 26, 1995) was an American actress and banker who became the first woman to serve as Treasurer of the United States, holding office from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. Her life bridged the worlds of art, business, and politics, making her a trailblazer for women in public service.
Biography of Hans Brass (excerpt)
Hans Brass (9 July 1885 – 30 May 1959) was a German Expressionist painter and graphic artist. The son of a Prussian officer, he left the Hauptkadettenanstalt to pursue art, studying briefly in Magdeburg and at Munich’s Debschitz School. He worked as a graphic artist in Berlin and married Clara Krause in 1908.
Biography of Eugène Bourgouin (excerpt)
Marie Joseph Eugène Bourgouin, born on February 12, 1880, in Reims and died on October 30, 1924, in Paris, was a French sculptor.He distinguished himself through a wide range of works, from statuary to religious and decorative objects. He first worked on the restoration of Reims Cathedral before entering the École nationale des arts décoratifs in 1901 and later the École des beaux-arts.
Biography of John Collier (fiction writer) (excerpt)
John Henry Noyes Collier (born 3 May 1901 in London, died 6 April 1980) was a British writer and screenwriter, best known for his short stories, many published in The New Yorker from the 1930s to the 1950s.His acclaimed collection Fancies and Goodnights won the International Fantasy Award and remains in print.
Biography of Hans Habe (excerpt)
Hans Habe, born János Békessy on February 12, 1911 in Budapest and died September 29, 1977, was a Hungarian-American writer and newspaper editor. He became a U.S. citizen in 1941 and published under several pseudonyms, including Antonio Corte and Alexander Holmes.
Biography of Hans Ehrenberg (excerpt)
Hans Philipp Ehrenberg, born on 4 June 1883 in Altona and died on 21 March 1958 in Heidelberg, was a German philosopher and theologian from a liberal Jewish family.Baptized as a Protestant in 1911, he taught at Heidelberg and was close to Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, and Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy.
Biography of Bruno Finzi (excerpt)
Bruno Finzi, born on 12 February 1899 in Gardone Val Trompia and died on 10 September 1974 in Milan, was an Italian mathematician, engineer, and physicist. After earning a Laurea in engineering in 1920 and another in mathematics in 1921 from the University of Pavia, he became the assistant of Umberto Cisotti at the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1922.
Biography of Enzo Fiermonte (excerpt)
Enzo Fiermonte, born July 24, 1908 in Bari and died March 22, 1993 in Mentana, was an Italian actor and boxer, sometimes credited as William Bird. From 1925 to 1934, he fought professionally, recording 47 wins, 17 losses, and 2 draws, before announcing his permanent retirement in 1943.
Biography of André Corthis (excerpt)
André Corthis, born Andrée Magdeleine Husson (April 15, 1882 – August 8, 1952), was a 20th-century French writer. She spent part of her youth in Spain, which would become a recurring theme in her work. At age twelve, she began writing poetry.
Biography of Denis Johnston (Irish writer) (excerpt)
William Denis Johnston (18 June 1901 – 8 August 1984) was an Irish writer born in Dublin, known mainly as a playwright, but also for essays, memoirs, literary criticism and an eccentric book on cosmology. His time of birth comes from the book "Denis Johnston: A Life by Bernard Adams" (Dublin: Lilliput, 2002).
Biography of Laura Nucci (excerpt)
Laura Nucci, born Maria Laura Lodovici on February 26, 1911, in Carrara and died January 10, 1994, in Rome, was an Italian actress active in film and television. Sister of director Carlo Lodovici, she began her career working with Alessandro Blasetti, often portraying antagonists or femme fatales.
Biography of Pablo Abril de Vivero (excerpt)
Pablo Enrique Germán Abril de Vivero (born October 28, 1894, in Lima – died April 11, 1987, in Monte Carlo) was a Peruvian poet, writer, and diplomat. A passionate promoter of literature and the arts, he is best remembered for his close friendship with fellow Peruvian poet César Vallejo, with whom he maintained an enduring correspondence during their years in Europe.
Biography of Olga Fossati (excerpt)
Olga Fossati (born April 11, 1897, in Porto Alegre, and died in Pelotas after 1995) was a Brazilian violinist and teacher.Born into a family of musicians, she began violin lessons at six under her father, a graduate of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.
Biography of Gianfranco Giachetti (excerpt)
Gianfranco Giachetti, born in Florence on September 17, 1888, and deceased in Rome on November 29, 1936, was an Italian stage and film actor. Raised artistically in Venice, he began his career in amateur companies before joining Ferruccio Benini’s troupe in 1914 and later Giovan Battista Bosio’s company after World War I, where he excelled in Goldoni’s plays.
Biography of Léon Moussinac (excerpt)
Léon Moussinac, born January 19, 1890 in Migennes and died March 10, 1964 in Paris, was a French writer, journalist, historian, and film critic.The son of a stationmaster, he lost his father in 1907 and had to work while completing law studies.
Biography of Marcellus Schiffer (excerpt)
Marcellus Schiffer, the pen name of Otto Schiffer, was born in Berlin on June 20, 1892, and died on August 24, 1932. He was a German cabaret writer, graphic designer, painter, and librettist. The son of a Jewish timber merchant who died when he was five, he studied art with Emil Orlík before discovering his true vocation as a satirical writer, also producing poetry and illustrations.
Biography of Günther Weisenborn (excerpt)
German writer and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, Günther Weisenborn (10 July 1902 – 26 March 1969) was known for his politically engaged literary work and opposition to the Nazi regime. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht, Slatan Dudow, and Hanns Eisler on the play The Mother, adapted from Gorky.
Biography of Silvina Bullrich (excerpt)
Silvina Bullrich (October 4, 1915 – July 2, 1990) was a best-selling Argentine novelist, translator, screenwriter, critic, and academic. Known as la gran burguesa (“the great bourgeois lady”), she became one of Argentina’s most prominent literary figures of the twentieth century, blending feminism, social critique, and psychological depth.
Biography of Nicolás Guillén (excerpt)
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista, born July 10, 1902, in Camagüey and died July 16, 1989, in Havana, was a Cuban poet, journalist, and politician, widely regarded as Cuba’s national poet. His revolutionary ideals led to exile under Batista before returning in 1959.
Biography of Jo Mielziner (excerpt)
Joseph Mielziner (born March 19, 1901 – died March 15, 1976) was an American scenic and lighting designer, widely regarded as “the most successful set designer of Broadway’s Golden Era.” He created the scenery and lighting for more than 200 productions, pioneering the concept of “selective realism” and earning seven Tony Awards as well as an Academy Award for Picnic.
Biography of José Storie (excerpt)
José Storie (born 2 April 1899 in Bruges – died 29 July 1961) was a Belgian painter best known for his portraits. Educated in Bruges, Brussels, and Paris, he received a thorough artistic training, though it was disrupted by World War I.
Biography of Gerald Finzi (excerpt)
Gerald Raphael Finzi, born July 14, 1901 in London and died September 27, 1956 in Oxford, was an English composer whose music is deeply infused with poetic sensibility. Best known for his choral works, he also wrote orchestral and concert pieces, including Dies natalis and concertos for cello and clarinet.
Biography of Kate Barnard (excerpt)
Catherine Ann “Kate” Barnard (May 23, 1875 – February 23, 1930) was the first woman elected to a state office in Oklahoma and the eleventh woman in the United States to hold statewide public office. Elected in 1907, she served as Oklahoma’s first Commissioner of Charities and Corrections for two four-year terms, the only position the 1907 state constitution allowed women to hold.
Biography of Frans de Nerée tot Babberich (excerpt)
Frans Joseph Marie de Nerée tot Babberich, born on 13 February 1882 in Zevenaar and died on 5 June 1929 in The Hague, was a Dutch painter, draftsman, and sculptor. He sometimes used the pseudonym Larec Eeren, an anagram of his brother Carel's name.
Biography of Dr. Atl (excerpt)
Dr.Atl, born Gerardo Murillo on October 3, 1875, in Guadalajara and died on August 15, 1964, in Mexico City, was a Mexican painter, writer, and thinker who left a deep mark on his country’s artistic and intellectual life. He studied painting in Guadalajara and at Mexico’s National School of Fine Arts before earning a scholarship to study in Europe.
Biography of Teresa Hooley (excerpt)
Teresa Mary Hooley (January 19, 1888 – April 4, 1973) was an English poet also known as Mrs. F. H. Butler. Born in Risley, Derbyshire, she grew up at Risley Lodge in a wealthy lace-manufacturing family. Before World War I, she gained recognition publishing poems in the Daily Mirror alongside Edith Sitwell, who did not admire her work.
Biography of Dirk Coster (excerpt)
Dirk Coster (5 October 1889 – 12 February 1950) was a Dutch physicist and professor of physics and meteorology at the University of Groningen.He is best known as the co-discoverer of hafnium (element 72) in 1923, alongside George de Hevesy, through X-ray spectroscopic analysis of zirconium ore.
Biography of Franz Rosenzweig (excerpt)
Franz Rosenzweig, born December 25, 1886, in Kassel and died December 10, 1929, in Frankfurt, was a German theologian, philosopher, and translator.Coming from a wealthy Jewish family, he first studied medicine before turning to history and philosophy.Influenced by his friend Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, he briefly considered converting to Christianity, but a transformative Yom Kippur experience brought him back to Judaism.
Biography of Ernestina de Champourcín (excerpt)
Ernestina de Champourcín (born 10 July 1905 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, died 27 March 1999 in Madrid) was a Spanish poet linked to the Generation of ’27. Born into an aristocratic family, she received a refined education and developed a passion for poetry and languages early on.
Biography of Marjorie Weaver (excerpt)
Marjorie Weaver, born on March 2, 1913, in Crossville, Tennessee, and died on October 1, 1994, was an American film actress active from the 1930s through the early 1950s. The daughter of John Thomas Weaver and Ellen Martin, she studied at the University of Kentucky and Indiana University, where she won several beauty contests.
Biography of Hans Paasche (excerpt)
Hans Paasche, born April 3, 1881, in Rostock and assassinated May 21, 1920, in Waldfrieden, was a German naval officer turned pacifist, social reformer, hunter, African explorer, and writer. The son of Reichstag vice president Hermann Paasche, he sought to challenge Prussian militarism and became a provocative, charismatic public figure.
Biography of Édouard Belin (excerpt)
Édouard Belin, born on March 5, 1876, in Vesoul and deceased on March 4, 1963, in Territet, Switzerland, was a French photographer and inventor. In 1907 he created the Bélinographe, a device that allowed the transmission of photographs over telegraph networks and telephone lines.
Biography of Soledad Chacón (excerpt)
Soledad Chávez de Chacón, born on August 10, 1890 in Albuquerque and died on August 4, 1936, was the first woman elected Secretary of State of New Mexico and the first Hispanic woman elected to statewide office in the United States. |
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